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Ops Not Normal | Jet Fuel Doubles, Dubai Burns, and Airlines Keep Flying
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- Bryan Air
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- Mar 20, 2026
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- 1814
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EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck — we translate them first. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. No corporate spin. Just the career intelligence pilots actually need. Jet fuel prices have doubled in three weeks. Brent crude is above $100 a barrel. Airlines are canceling thousands of flights and slapping surcharges on tickets. And yet Emirates is still selling seats while smoke from a drone strike billows over the Dubai skyline. In this episode, we dig into what the fuel shock actually means for pilots on the line, from South Africa's 21-day strategic reserve to European carriers killing green fuel mandates because they cannot afford regular kerosene. We ask the question a father called in to ask us: should his kid stay in flight school? And we look at whether this crisis reshuffles the deck for airlines like British Airways who are already adding capacity while Gulf carriers absorb the hit. In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock analyse the Middle East fuel crisis, jet fuel price shock, South Africa's supply vulnerability, Dubai airspace safety, pilot career strategy during conflict, British Airways market repositioning, and the growing role of AI in airline rostering ahead of the Singapore aviation symposium. ✈ TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN 00:00 Bryan Air decision training tool: practise cockpit decisions on live flights 01:09 Episode intro and why this week is not sugarcoated 01:58 Jet fuel doubles in three weeks: the numbers airlines do not want you to see 03:43 South Africa runs on imported fuel with 21 days of reserves 06:20 Should your kid go to flight school? A father calls in for h…